Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About Anderson Cooper
The CNN anchor once modeled for Macy's, interned at the CIA, and partied with Charlie Chaplin. You know—the usual. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police in Germany find several hundred grams of explosives in what is being called a thwarted terror attack [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » While most people were fleeing Hurricane Matthew … there was this guy [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Peek Inside Malta's Lost 19th Century Subterranean Crypt
The ossuary is believed to be fully intact underneath chapel ruins. [Link]
FMyLife » SadRetailWorker says FML
Today, I got my employee review. They thanked me for taking on so much extra work, which helps keep us on schedule. Then they said that I was focusing too much on work that other people should be doing. We need 12 people to fully staff our store for a day, and we have less than that actually working here. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in South Carolina [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this rocking silhouette [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Littoral combat ship towed out to sea to avoid damage from hurricane … severely damaged by being towed [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » National Weather Service says that Hurricane Matthew could make parts of Florida uninhabitable for months. Residents of Detroit: "You'll get used to it" [Followup]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today my daughter asked me to do her a huge favor : undergo a liposuction transplantation where my fat would be sucked out then put into her butt and thighs. Apparently, I am the fattest DNA match to her, lessening the risk of her rejecting the transplant. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good clowns decry the wave of creepy clown sightings. Say it's bad for business. Doo Doo the clown, has been clowning for about 35 years and was hailed as a hero after rescuing two women from an attack in 2015. Doo Doo, heh-heh, heh-heh [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Grizzly bear conservationist John Craighead dies at 100; in other news, grizzly bear conservationists can live to be 100 if they know when to get the fark away from grizzly bears [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » You might need to do some yard work this weekend if somebody mows "F*ck You" in your lawn [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » British police advice for civilians with clown reports? Ignore them: "Firstly I'd like to stress that it isn't against the law to dress up as a clown" [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Get This Weekend's Top Amazon Deals While You Can
As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, October 8. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In today's episode of "Did You Know?", did you know there was an actual Jones family behind the phrase 'Keeping Up With the Joneses'? And, yep, they did seriously up the ante for ostentatious neighboring [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Finally a restaurant figures out that instead of hiring celebrity chefs they should employ real life grandmothers instead. "What's better than grandma's cooking?" [Spiffy]
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Overheard In The Office » In This Firm, Married Is Not the New Single
Female coworker #1: Wow, is that guy old?
Female coworker #2: Yeah.
Female coworker #1: I was wondering, since you were writing his will. He seemed all “grrrrrrr”'!
Female coworker #2: Yeah… He's married. Utica, New York Overheard by: Internet Meme [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Saturday Morning Book Club is feeling patriotic…patriotically funny, that is, and is looking for some great American humorists. Oh, and Mark Twain is a given, so who else you got? [Amusing]
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Weird Universe » Nellie Hantz, housewife and thief
In October 1916, police arrested Mrs. Nellie Hantz and charged her with committing over 100 burglaries in the Chicago area. Her MO was unusual. When her husband, Carl, left in the morning to attend classes at a school of chemistry, and her 14-year-old daughter was at school, Nellie would sneak out and burglarize homes. She made sure to be home … [Link]
Weird Universe » Charmion the Strongwoman, and Her Trapeze Disrobing Act
Her full story here.
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Fark.com RSS » Overzealous CPS officials take children away from their mother for feeding her son nuts [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Hurricane Matthew continues his east coast tour, heads towards coastal Georgia and South Carolina today [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: aliens among us [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Polish city unveils very cool solar glow-in-the-dark bicycle path. The sun is there [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » B.B says FML
Today, my husband brought me breakfast in bed. Don't get me wrong, I'm very thankful and love him even more for the thought. But the only problem with breakfast in bed is that you have to eat what they bring you, even if it's bad. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: cat stuck in a tree. New and improved: cat stuck on a cliff face after attempting to go mountain climbing, resulting in a daring 300' rappelling rescue, just in time to arrive safely back on the ground for Caturday [Caturday]
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Mental Floss » This Table Lets You Stare Into the Ocean Depths Over Coffee
It's designed to look like a topographical map of the seafloor. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you want someone to read your resume, put it in a box of doughnuts [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » "Yes, the weather's fine up here. Thanks for asking" [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Behold, the Live Jellyfish Cam!
Better than a screensaver. [Link]
GraphJam » They're Self Charging Batteries!
Graph by: awwdamn Tagged: batteries , controller , game , Pie Chart , video game , xbox Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » As if Florida currently didn't have enough problems, flesh-eating worms have returned [Florida]
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Futility Closet » Altamura Man
About 150,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man was exploring the Lamalunga Cave in southern Italy when he fell into a sinkhole. Too badly injured to climb out again, he died of dehydration or starvation. Over the ensuing centuries, water running down the cave walls gradually incorporated the man’s bones into concretions of calcium carbonate. Undisturbed by predators or weather, they … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » No, we didn't think to look for the 156-year old shipwreck in its namesake bay. Do you think we should? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 October Surprises From Past Presidential Elections
An October surprise is any bit of news that breaks right before an election that has the capability to help determine the outcome of the race. [Link]
Mental Floss » Play Tunes on These Specially Marked Wine Glasses
If the party hits a lull, play your guests a song on their wine glasses. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I know philosophers have to put up with a lot of shiat from everyone else, but I didn't think it was this crappy [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Illinois steals woman's lottery winnings because her boyfriend used to deal drugs [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Researchers from the Romero Institute find link between excessive selfie-taking and mental illness [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » American teachers are too stressed [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Where in the world are you going to fit another billion people in the world by 2030? Right here ..and here ..and here [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's plans: Breakfast, post office, hovering next to Wells Fargo ATMs in case tons of cash starts spewing out [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug Dealer: "Due to snitches, nobody comes in without being searched" Cops: "Hi Mind if we search your apartment?" Drug Dealer: "Umm… okay." Meth: "Helloooooo" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Two words: space burrito [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » In an attempt to track endangered orcas, scientist tag killer whale with number L95. Orca shows up five weeks later, dead of a fungal infection. From the dart used to track it [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Black architect humiliated when Seattle bank refuses to believe her paycheck is real [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 8 Aromatic Facts About the Nose
Including: Plastic surgeons have a nifty way to regrow your nose—on your forehead. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Seizure-sensing rescue cat helps man become oldest living person with rare combination of brain diseases. Good kitty [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The chicken was also reported to be intoxicated and armed with a pint glass [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Homey don't play that [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these water droplets [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Young Women Tend to Be More Financially Independent Than Young Men
They’re more likely to pay their own rent, do their own taxes, and have their own health insurance. [Link]
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